Invalid-chair holder



' Jan. 14, 1930. w.RussE1.1 1 1,743,904

INVALID CHAIR HOLDER Filed Feb. 14, 1929 2 sheets-snee. 1

Jan. 14, 1930. w. RUSSELL 1,743,904

INVALID CHAIR HOLDER Filed Feb. 14, 1929 2 Shams-SheetI 2 In venor Jflwz waeii w @@Mdah Attorney Patented Jan. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES WILLIAM RUSSELL, OF SALINA, KANSAS INVALID-CHAIR HOLDER Application led February 14, 1929. Serial No. 339,862.

The present invention relates to an invalid chair holder and has for its prime object to provide a holder supported on casters so that an invalid chair may be moved from place to place with considerable ease.

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a holder of this nature which is adjusted as desired to accommodate different sized chairs.

A still further important object of the invention resides in the provision of an invalid chair holder of this nature which is simple in its construction, strong and V durable, inexpensive to manufacture, compact and convenient in its arrangement of parts, easy to assemble and disassemble, thoroughly ef iicient and reliable in use, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

lVith the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will F be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

- Figure l is a perspective View of the device embodying the features of my invention,

Figure 2 is a top plan View,

Figure 3 is a vertical section therethrough,

Figure 4i is a section through one of the transverse supports.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that letter A denotes a pair of transverse supporting members on casters 5 and letter B denotes a pair of rails on the ends of the supporting members and extending longitudinally thereof.

The casters 5 may be of conventional construction and include the usual swivel feature 6. No further detail description of the casters is necessary.

Each transverse supporting member A embodies a pair of telescopically associated sections. Each. section comprises a main plate 7 with demandingl side flanges 8 converging downwardly toward each other. The plates 7 are provided with openings so `that the bolts l0 may be inserted therethrough to hold the sections in different adjusted positions whereby the length of the supporting members may be varied to suit the width of the chair.

Each rail B embodies an elongated base plate ll with sides l2 that diverge upwardly from each other and have inwardly directed end portions la to provide stops and the ends of the elongated plates have upwardly directed extensions l5 to cooperate in forming the stops.

It will thus be seen that by adjusting the supporting members A the rails B may be varied so that rockers or the like 16 of chair 17 may rest in the rails and the chair with the person therein moved safely from place to place without danger of the chair rocking or otherwise coming` out of the rail.

It is thought that the utility and advan tages of the invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detail description thereof. The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exempliiication since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacri icing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is l. A chair holder of the class described including a pair of spaced parallel transverse supporting members, casters swivelly mount ed on the supporting members, and a pair of longitudinally extending spaced parallel rails mount-ed on the ends of the transverse supporting members, each supporting member comprising a pair of telescopicallly associated sections for holding the sections at different adjusted positions to afford means for varying the length of the member, each section comprising a plate with depending side flanges converging inwardly toward each other, each rail comprising an elongated base plate with upstauding sides diverging in wardly from each other, the ends of the elongated late having upwardly directed extensions orming stops.

2. A chair holder of the class described including a pair of spaced parallel transverse supporting mem ers, casters Swivelly mounted on the supporting members7 and a pair of longitudinally extending spaced parallel rails mounted on the ends of the transverse supporting members, each supporting member comprising a pair of telescopically associated sections for holding the sections at diiferent adjusted positions to afford means for varying the length of the member, each section comprising a plate with depending side flanges converging inwardly toward each other, each rail comprising an elongated base plate with upstanding sides diverging upwardly from each other, the ends of the elongated plate having upwardly directed extensions forming stops, the Hanges of the rails terminating in an inward direction also forming stops.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM RUSSELL. 

